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IT J TESTA Proprietor and Pub
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EDMuirti Obbie Editor
W HOB AGE1 WRIGHT AssiBtant
Editor
I Besidinc in Honolnla
THURSDAY JAN 11 1900
TOPICS OF THE DAY
It is reported that the guard who
has been stricken with plague ia one
of the number who lodged in the
basement of the Executive building
Mr George W Smith ie the right
kind of a member of the Board of
Health When the Board is in
doubt he would refer to the decision
of a question to the sugar planters
According to this morninga Adver
tiser Mias Lulu Navy is 4000 men
short of the legal maximum Is
this a move to counterbalance Rob
erts of Utah who is long in regard
to the legal maximum of wives
jMr Baldwin otherwise known as
the King of Maui wants no goods
from Honolulu Right you are Oh
King for your firm has ordered a
Bteamer load of goods from San
Francisco to Kahului This
practical
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In spite of protests injunctions
and orders the Hawaiian Tram
ways Co is going on laying its new
track on King street Mr Paine
evidently knows his rights and the
Rapid people are too rapid and a
day behind the fair
- The sensible remarks of Mr Goo
Kim as published in a morning paper
shows the feelings of the intelligent
Chinese in the present trouble which
may mean ruin to many of their
countrymen They are willing to
abide with any measures which the
authorities may sea fit to adopt but
they draw the line at discrimination
Dr Day careless administration
of the duties of Port Physician have
resulted in au epidemic of cholera
and now oue of plague Ifhe is not
relieved from his office we may rea
aonably look for yellow favor same
fine morning President MuKinley
may have mercy upon us and estab
lish a federal quarantine station
This is our only hope i
A quarantined Hawaiian who
has a family of six children states
that the daily ration given o them
is 41b3 of poi and 41b of meat He
says that hu is not to be blamed for
the plague nor is his family and he
is very desirous to loam hoiv a mem
ber of the Board of Healtn would
feel if placed under such ciroura
stances ou such a diet The Ha
waiian doesnt understand that we
must go slow with the surplus
If Doctor Day is correolly report
ed he holds that in the oase of
buildings which may or may not be
considered dangerous to the public
health the benefit of any doubt
should go to the people Very com
mendable But the doctor failed at
a terrible cqa to give the people
the benefit of a doubt when he per
mitted in November last eight ves
sels with immigrants and goods from
the Orient to land the goods with
out rliRinfnnMnr a ton of the GTOods
f r nr
Now that the Hawaiian Tramways
Co hao got a move on and are lay
ing the now tract through the busi
ness end itf the town we think the
management should receive all pos
sible eucouragemout especially as it
is known that electricity aud not
mules will be the motive power Wo
trust that the hostile attitude of the
authorities is not due to the alleged
fact that one of the cabinet minis
ters holds 535000 worth of shares in
the rival cuuibiuatiou
There cap certainly be no reasons
whjjtbe Board of Health should re
cppsider itaactjon in regard to the
destroying pf the pestiferous build
ings in Chinatown and we hope
President Wood will not budge an
inch in carrying out the policy in
augurated by him immaterial of the
pressure which may be brought to
bear on him Lit the Chinese
quarters be burnt and there is
one chance at least of purifying the
city
There should be a thorough in
vestigation inlo the manipulation of
the excavators since two employees
haye ajready become victims to the
epidemic What becomes of the re
fuse in the odorless machines and
where are they stationed washed
disinfected etc It is well enough
to offer a man double pay to take a
risky job but one more case in the
excavator force will make it as hard
to find a driver as it is to find a gov
ernor for Hawaii Just now a very
similar job
One of the excuses given for the
absorption of Cuba was the highly
benevolent oue that the authorities
of that island did nothing to abate
the annual outbreak of yellow fever
and that as a consequence the South
ern Coast of the United States was
endangered every year Hawaii is
now an outpost of the United States
and our health authorities have neg
lected the commonest precautions to
prevent the outbreak of plague
What will that benevolent assimi
lator President McKinley do to
prevent the menace to his North
west Coast
The statements gqiqg the rounds
of the water front about steamers
from the Orient ought to be invest
igated It is said that a steamer
arriving early in November landed
freight wbiqb remained on the
wharf of the P M S S for two or
three days during which time num
bers ofded rats wore found on the
wharf Again it is stated that on
the arrival of the Tbyra the con
signees were so anxions to get her
cargo out to save demurrage ex
penses that they tried to discharge
the vessel on Thanksgiving Day
and were made to desist lt is need
less to say that her cargo was opt
disinfected
The cowardly attitude of fhe news
papers representing Mr Dole and
the sugar planters is something hard
to understand Through criminal
negligence the dreaded bubouic pla
gue has been introduced intp our
city and no effort is made to hold
anybody responsible Why should
not the Stai insist upon the holdiifg
of an inquest upon the body of a
plague victim and thus place the
responsibility where it rightly be
longs The newBpdpeid under
seem to feel that so long
as it is only a Chinose a Japanese or
a Hawaiian who meets death by rea
son of the ugligence of officials of
the Board of Health no action is
necessary In the oue case of the
poor white maideu who was stricken
with plague her death was dismissed
with the tauut that it was another
case of Maria
We have the greatest sympathy
with the good people who are estab
lishing and ready to supporting the
CaBtle Home the orphanage esta
blished through the generosity of
Mrs S N Castle in memoriam of
Henry Castle the brightest and
most eulightened and liberal of the
younger generation of Hawaii We
have no doubt that the call for sup
V
port will bo responded to buUwo
would like to learn whether it is to
bo an Institution for whiten only
before ue invito our friends to sub
scribe to tlio fund Our good mis
siotmies are always ready to show
their benevolence but it seems to us
that there ia always a string attach
ed to their geucroity Those who
have the future of the Hawaiian at
heart will of coursw uive their moral
support to the Oistln Home but
if it is for white children only they
will reserve their money for a futuro
Hawaiian Orphauag
Ve fully realize the difficulties
which is confronting tile authorities
in regard to the disposal of ho Asi
atfes who are to be released frdm
the quarantine stations aud who nave
Iqst their homes aud businea and
are unable to qveu uoufer with their
friendB who yet have a roof over
their heads But we think it extre
mely risky to locate the released peb
pie in a place like Houuakaha The
quarters lu the vicinity are extreme
ly unhealthy over crowded and in a
very filthy condition Tlie ohances
are that should the plague break
out in full blast the men released
frjjm the preseul quarantine will be
tbja first one to catch the disease
Huddled together in a place like
Honuakaha the situation might be
come extremely dangerous Mr C
M Cooke is to be thanked for his
generous offer in allowiugthe Board
of Health to utilize his place but if
some other site can be secured we
think it would be a good policy of
the government to keep those who
who have lived in infected quarters
as far away Jrom the crowded cent
era of the town as possible
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